Colonic perforation during barium enema in a patient without known colonic disease: a case report
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- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cases Journal
- Vol. 2 (1) , 6716
- https://doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6716
Abstract
The barium enema is a safe and accurate diagnostic study of the colon but, in rare cases, causes complications, such as colonic perforation. A colon weakened by iatrogenic trauma due to the enema tip and/or retention balloon, or by disease is more likely to perforate during an enema than is a normal healthy bowel. Rarely the colon may burst due to excessive transmural pressure alone. We report a case of colonic perforation during barium enema in a 72-year-old female patient, due to excessive barium applied into the rectum.Keywords
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